Disney+Hotstar News & Updates

[sloj]

I tried to login to the mobile app yesterday. The OTP via SMS never arrived and neither did OTP via call.

 

[Joyous]

Why Hotstar still does not provide 'Profiles' feature?

 

[Navjot Singh]

This is what I am getting today on the mobile app. I am on the lowest plan which has only 1 screen. So don't see any option for creating more profiles. If someone is on a higher plan, please check.

 

[Abhi.]

No option to create new profile on Super plan

 

[ch@ndlerbing]

I can't see profile option on my Hotstar Mobile subscription.

 

[sloj]

No profile option on Premium too. BTW anyone has issue receiving OTP?

 

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[DatGuyPhanindra]

Nope

 

[a.c]

It's in beta with a selected few people onboarded to it. I believe the starting range was a few thousand users For the new beta app

 

[Navjot Singh]

Til this version of Hotstar is called Hotstar X which is a complete rewrite of the app. And I believe it is now publicly available to everyone. IT was created to bring Hotstar app more in line with the Disney+ app.

Hotstar X Journey Part 1 — Why Rewrite?

This is the first article in a series of blogs that will describe how we evolved the Hotstar platform to its next generation version.

blog.hotstar.com

Hotstar X: Let’s talk {widgets}!

Part 2 of the Hotstar X journey. Discussion about server driven UI using widgets.

blog.hotstar.com

HotstarX -Part 3: The BFF baseplate

In the previous instalment, we wrote about our tenets for building widgets and how the server vended widget response allows the client apps…

blog.hotstar.com

 

[DatGuyPhanindra]

I don't think it's available for everyone yet!

 

[Jonas]

Doesn’t the mobile app have dark mode?

 

[Navjot Singh]

Isn't this dark already? How much more?

 

[Jonas]

A little more.

 

[Jonas]

Source


Source

That answers it.

 

[Navjot Singh]

I guess it depends on your system's theme then. Coz mine has been dark since day one.